Yasin Zia

Yasin Zia was the governor of Takhar Province in Afghanistan from October 2015 to May 2017.[1][2] He was promoted to Deputy Defense Minister on March 27, 2019,[3] and became the Army Chief of Staff in 2020.[4] Zia has also served as the deputy director general of NDS for operations.

General Yasin Zia
یاسین ضیا

Army Chief of Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2020
Governor of Takhar
In office October 2015 – May 2017

Personal details
Ethnicity	Tajik

As deputy general, one of the things Yasin Zia did was to push Taliban insurgents away from Takhar Province's capital of Taloqan. The Taliban were six miles away and had launched an assault last month.[5]

References

"New Takhar governor to fight corruption, terrorism". www.pajhwok.com. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
"Takhar Governor Yasin Zia Steps Down". TOLOnews. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
"Dr Zia Yasin Appointed As Deputy Defense Minister". reporterly.net. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
Shukla, Ashish (6 July 2020). "Who is General Yasin Zia, Afghanistan's newly-appointed Army Chief of General Staff". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
George, Susannah (18 October 2019). "After dodging a Taliban assault, northeast Afghanistan braces for resurgence". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

Governors of the provinces of Afghanistan

Badakhshan	Munshi Abdul Majid (2007–2009) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2009–)
Badghis	Gul Mohammad Arefi (2001–2005) Enayatullah Enayat (2005–2007) Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (2009–)
Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009–2010) Munshi Abdul Majid (2010–)
Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004–)
Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005–)
Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010–)
Farah	Roohul Amin (2008–2012) Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (2012-2014) Mohammad Asif Nang (2015-)
Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006–)
Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001–2005) Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005–2006) Faizanullah Faizan (2007–2008) Osman Osmani (2008–2010) Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010–)
Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001–2004) Abdul Qadir Alam (2004–2005) Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005–2007) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007–2009) Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009–)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001–2005) Mohammad Daoud (2005–2006) Assadullah Wafa (2006–2008) Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008–)
Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009–2010) Daud Shah Saba (2010–)
Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-2010) Alhaj Baymorad Qoyunly (July 2013 - )
Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004–2009) Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009–2011) Ahmadullah Alizai (2011-)
Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001–2003) Yousef Pashtun (2003–2005) Asadullah Khalid (2005–2008) Rahmatullah Raufi (2008–2008) Tooryalai Wesa (2008–)
Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007–)
Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006–2008) Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008–2009) Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010–)
Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007–2013) Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (2013-2014) Mohammad Omar Safi (2014-)
Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006–2010) Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg (2010-)
Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006–08) Lutfullah Mashal (2008–2010) Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010–)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001–2004) Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004–2005) Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005–2007) Abdullah Wardak (2007–2008) Atiqullah Ludin (2008–)
Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001–2002) Haji Din Mohammad (2002–04) Gul Agha Sherzai (2004–)
Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001–2005) Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005–2010) Abdul Karim Brahui (2010– )
Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008–)
Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002–2006) Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006–2007) Assadullah Hamdam (2007–2010) Mohammad Sherzad (2010-)
Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001–2002) Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002–2002) Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002–04) Assadullah Wafa (2004–05) Hakim Taniwal (2005–2006) Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006–2007) Juma Khan Hamdard (2007–)
Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010–2014) Abdul Karim Matin (2015–)
Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010–)
Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009–)
Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010–)

Sar-e Pol	Anwar Rahmati (2010–2012) Abdul Jabar Haqbeen (2012-)
Takhar	Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi (2002-2003) Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007-2009) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2009-2010) Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010–2012) Ahmad Faizal Begzad (2012-2013) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2013-2015) Yasin Zia (2015-2017) Fazlullah Mujadedi (2017-2019) Abdul Haq Shafaq (2019-)
Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005–2008) Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008–)
Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009–)

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